Mechanisms of physiological adjustment of N2 fixation in Cicer arietinum L. (chickpea) during early stages of water deficit: Single or multi-factor controls

Plant Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 964-980

  Nasr Esfahani, Maryam ^a   Sulieman, Saad ^b,c   Schulze, Joachim ^d   Yamaguchi Shinozaki, Kazuko ^e   Shinozaki, Kazuo ^b   Tran, Lam Son Phan ^b  

^a LORESTAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

carbon and nitrogen metabolism; chickpea; drought; feedback regulation; Mesorhizobium ciceri; nitrogenase activity; oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CARBON AND NITROGEN; CHICKPEA; FEEDBACK REGULATION; MESORHIZOBIUM CICERI; NITROGENASE ACTIVITY;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

CARBON; MALIC ACID; MALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WATER;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL RESPIRATION; CICER; DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MESORHIZOBIUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SYMBIOSIS;

CARBON; CELL RESPIRATION; CICER; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MALATES; MESORHIZOBIUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; SYMBIOSIS; WATER;

EID: 84907018194     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12599     Document Type: Article

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